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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Cocksure \Cock"sure`\, a.
     1. Perfectly safe. [Obs.]
        [1913 Webster]
  
              We steal as in a castle, cocksure: . . . we walk
              invisible.                            --Shak.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. Quite certain. [Colloq.]
        [1913 Webster]
  
              I thought myself cocksure of the horse which he
              readily promised me.                  --Pope.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     3. overconfident; -- of people; as, the team was so cocksure
        of winning that they didn't practice in the week before
        the big game.. [Colloq.]
        [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Cocksure \Cock"sure`\, a.
     1. Perfectly safe. [Obs.]
  
              We steal as in a castle, cocksure: . . . we walk
              invisible.                            --Shak.
  
     2. Quite certain. [Colloq.]
  
              I thought myself cocksure of the horse which he
              readily promised me.                  --Pope.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  cocksure
       adj : marked by excessive confidence; "an arrogant and cocksure
             materialist"; "so overconfident and impudent as to
             speak to the queen"; "the less he knows the more
             positive he gets" [syn: overconfident, positive]

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  cock-sure
     a.
     (alternative form of en cocksure)

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  cocksure
     a.
     (lb en informal) Too confident; overconfident.

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  cock-sure
     a.
     (alternative form of en cocksure)

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  cocksure
     a.
     (lb en informal) Too confident; overconfident.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  cock-sure
     a.
     (alternative form of en cocksure)

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  cocksure
     a.
     (lb en informal) Too confident; overconfident.

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  cock-sure
     a.
     (alternative form of en cocksure)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  cocksure
     a.
     (lb en informal) Too confident; overconfident.

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  cocksure
     Englanti a.
     liiallisen itsevarman oloisesti varma, tyhmänrohkea

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ara ]

  Cocksure /kˌɒkʃˈʊə/
  مغرور

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-bul ]

  cocksure /kˌɒkʃˈʊə/ 
  наперен, самонадеян
  overconfident

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  cocksure /kˌɒkʃˈʊə/ 
  suverénní

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  cocksure /kˌɒkʃˈʊə/ 
  domýšlivý

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  cocksure /kˌɒkʃˈʊə/ 
  sebejistý

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  cocksure /kˌɒkʃˈʊə/
  přehnaně sebejistý

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  cocksure /kˌɒkʃˈʊə/
   [dated] selbstsicher, von sich überzeugt/eingenommen, überheblich  [psych.]
        "He is rather too cocksure for my liking."  - Für meinen Geschmack ist er ein bisschen zu sehr von sich überzeugt.
        "Don't be so cocksure!"  - Sei dir da nicht so sicher!
   see: cocksure arrogance
  

From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-fin ]

  cocksure /kˌɒkʃˈʊə/ 
  itsevarma
  overconfident

From English-Hindi FreeDict Dictionary ver. 1.6 :   [ freedict:eng-hin ]

  cocksure /kˌɒkʃˈʊə/ 
  1. पूर्ण~रूप~से~निश्चित
        "He is so cocksure that he's not ready to take anybody's advice."

From English-Croatian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 :   [ freedict:eng-hrv ]

  cocksure /kˌɒkʃˈʊə/
  samopouzdan, samosvjestan

From English-Hungarian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.1 :   [ freedict:eng-hun ]

  cock-sure /kˈɒkʃˈʊə/
  1. arcátlan
  2. holtbiztos
  3. magabiztos
  4. elbizakodott
  5. önhitt

From English - Polish Piotrowski+Saloni/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.2 :   [ freedict:eng-pol ]

  cocksure /ˈkɒkʃɔ:/ 
    zbyt pewny siebie

From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-tur ]

  cocksure /kˌɒkʃˈʊə/
  1. kendinden fazla emin, kendine fazla güvenen.

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :   [ moby-thesaurus ]

  28 Moby Thesaurus words for "cocksure":
     arrogant, assured, certain, confident, convinced, decided,
     determined, hubristic, overconfident, oversure, overweening,
     persuaded, poised, pompous, positive, proud, reassured, secure,
     self-assured, self-confident, self-important, self-reliant, sure,
     unafraid, undoubting, unfaltering, unhesitating, unwavering
  
  

From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary :   [ stardic ]

  a. 确信的,深信的,独断的;

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

     a. 确信的,深信的,独断的

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